Information Outlook, Vol. 6, No. 8, August 2002
Shieh and Lordi First to Utilize New Services via SLA Web Site
After the launch of SLA's online membership renewal and new member sign-up via Virtual SLA, Cassandra Shieh became the first member to successfully complete the renewal process and Nicole Lordi was the first new member to register via the site.
Both Lordi and Shieh received a complimentary SLA golf shirt. SLA will also conduct a prize drawing each month for members choosing to renew membership through the Web.
Evolution in Reference and Information Services: The Impact of the Internet
SLA member Di Su announces the publication of his recent book, Evolution in Reference and Information Services: The Impact of the Internet.
"Some years ago, if you were told that a library's catalog would be available on a 24/7/365 basis, you'd think it was just another fiction," said Su. "Perhaps as influential as Johannes Gutenberg's invention of movable type printing, the Internet is one of the most significant happenings in the information world in modern times."
Su's book provides readers with a history of electronic reference and also looks at the increasing role of librarians as teachers and providers of technical help for users. As well as providing case studies and ways to evaluate electronic research methods, Su also suggests strategies for providing effective electronic services and explains how to establish electronic services through your library's portal site.
Tuchel Awarded Conference Scholarship
Gretchen Tuchel was selected as the 2002 recipient of the SLA St. Catherine Student Group scholarship to attend the SLA's conference this year in Los Angeles. Tuchel has attended the College of St. Catherine since August 2001 and will be graduating in May of 2003. Her academic focus is corporate librarianship. Tuchel is most interested in the technological aspects of the profession, such as working with intranets and databases.
MN Chapter, College of St. Catherine Student Chapter Win SLA SARC Awards
The Minnesota Chapter of SLA won second place in the SLA Student Academic Relations Committee (SARC) Certificate of Merit Awards for Chapter or Division. This award recognizes the contributions made by the chapter through support and participation in student group nurturing and development.
The SLA Student Chapter of the College of St. Catherine won second place in the Special Libraries Association Student Academic Relations Committee (SARC) Certificate of Merit Awards for Innovative Programming and fourth place for Outstanding Leadership.
These awards were presented at the SLA President-Elect's Poster Session and Awards Presentation for Students on June 10, in Los Angeles.
Business & Finance Division Announces Winners of Grants and Student Stipends
The Business & Finance Division announced the winners of its grants and student stipends awards at its annual business meeting in Los Angeles, in June. A professional grant was awarded to Elizabeth Larson of PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Chicago, IL. Stipends were awarded to Julie Fronmueller, Louisiana State University; Matt Gibson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Julie Ketterman, Long Island University; Renee Remlinger, University of Washington; and Pauline Todd, University of Pittsburgh. Each of the six winners received $1,200 to attend the SLA 2002 Annual Conference.
Business & Finance Division Announces Center of Excellence Award Winners
The Business & Finance Division announced the winners of its first annual "Center of Excellence" Awards at this year's annual SLA conference in Los Angeles. The awards take their inspiration from the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Awards, which are given annually to U.S. organizations to recognize and promote quality as a critical component of innovation and competitiveness. The Center of Excellence Awards recognize customer-driven quality and leadership within the framework of an organization dedicated to the gathering, analysis and dissemination of information within the business community. The awards serve to recognize the best of "best practices" in three categories: service, management and technology.
The Center of Excellence Award for Technology went to the Business Research Group (BRG) in the Center for Business Knowledge of Ernst & Young LLP, North America. The BRG of Ernst & Young LLP, North America, has a staff of 65 and is located in 15 offices serving the U.S. and Canada. Judges felt this group had harnessed technology particularly well in providing excellent reference service (the goal of the BRG is to recognize all requests within 30 minutes of initial contact). The BRG is one-third of the company's information service and is joined by the Business Strategic Analysis Group and the Competitive Analysis Group.
The Center of Excellence Award for Service was presented to the Lippincott Library at the Wharton School, one of 15 libraries at the University of Pennsylvania. The library's client base is comprised of 4,860 faculty and students. The student body consists of MBA students, undergraduates and Ph.D. candidates. The judges felt Lippincott excelled in its area of service to clients. The staff is dedicated to students and faculty and makes every effort to deliver information in whatever format is convenient for the client, as well as in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
The Center of Excellence Award for Management was not awarded this year.
The Business & Finance Division also gave special recognition to the following libraries for their ability to continue fulfilling their essential information roles after 9/11: Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and the Pentagon Library.
Rumsey Receives G&M Honors Award
The Special Libraries Association Geography & Map Division presented David Rumsey with the division's Honors Award for his outstanding contribution to the fields of geography, cartography and map librarianship. Map users around the world can use the David Rumsey Collection (http://www.davidrumsey.com/) to access a unique private collection of early maps and atlases. The G&M Division honors Rumsey's for his innovative experimentation with historical map images and modern geospatial data; for his support and development of map image publishing software; and for his dedication to the precise bibliographic control of individual map images. Rumsey truly shares the spirt and commitment of map librarians in making cartographic information widely assessable, according to the division.
The award was presented to Rumsey on June 10, 2002, at the Special Libraries Association conference in Los Angeles.
SLA Member Deborah K. Doerr Passes Away
Deborah K. Doerr, a member SLA's North Carolina Chapter, passed away January 31, 2002. A Durham resident, Doerr was born on December 10, 1951, in Wayne, Nebraska, and grew up in Nebraska and Kansas. In 1977, she moved to Satellite Beach, Florida. She attended Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton as a faculty scholar and graduated magna cum laude with a degree in sociology and anthropology.
Doerr studied sociology at the graduate school of Duke University and library science at the School of Library Science at North Carolina Central University.
Doerr leaves behind her husband of 18 years, Patrick D. Mize, her mother Ruth Schroeder of Satellite Beach, Florida, and four brothers.
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